Since President Obama NEVER received an email from a Clinton "state.gov" address during the four years that Hillary Clinton served as his Secretary of State, did Obama ever raise concerns with his White House staff about Clinton's use of a private email server?
Now, layer that question upon a State Department briefing that took place on January 29, 2016. Spokesman John Kirby announced that the State Department would not release 18 emails found on Secretary Clinton's private server that were exchanged between President Obama and Clinton while she was Secretary of State.
Kirby added that "in accordance with the Presidential Records Act they will ultimately be released." Apparently, none of the emails were classified, if Kirby is to be believed.
But, according to the transcript, several reporters were incredulous upon hearing that only 18 emails were found. Here is a sample from the transcript:
QUESTION: Does that mean that they only emailed each other 18 times for the four years that she was his Secretary of State?
MR KIRBY: I can't speak to —
QUESTION: That's 48 months. I mean, is that – have you gone through all of them and she only communicated with the President 18 times by email?
MR KIRBY: Of the 55,000 pages of traffic that were handed over by former Secretary Clinton to us to go through for release through FOIA, we have found these 18.
QUESTION: And no —
MR KIRBY: And I do not expect that there will be more.
QUESTION: Well, that's – does that strike you as being a bit unusual? I mean, my boss – I have 18 emails an hour with her sometimes.
MR KIRBY: Well, but —
Warning: Now is when I look through a lens of pure speculation based on an impending news event.
Any day now Wikileaks is expected to release "significant" emails" from Mrs. Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State, the Clinton Foundation, and the Clinton campaign. More interesting, are reports that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has possession of Clinton's 30,000 deleted emails.
If true, is it reasonable to surmise that more emails exchanged between Clinton and President Obama are likely to surface? Perhaps even some with classified material?
That will be a "game-changing" moment. Not only will Obama be implicated directly into the web of Clinton's scandals but the President himself could be accused of national security violations. Then, all bets are off about what could be revealed, unraveled, or if there are any hints of secret deals between the Clintons and Obama.
Surely then, Obama's presidential legacy would be permanently tarnished, and his endorsement of Clinton considered suspect.
Meanwhile, Obama chugs along untouched, flying high with a 50 percent job approval — at least for now.
I see you answered my question.